Our Community

One hundred thousand Korean children have been adopted into the United States. With their extended families, they form a Korean adoption community of over two million.

Our Conference

KAAN's primary project is an annual national conference in a different city each year. This annual coming together allows all attendees to feel part of a national adoption community. In fact conference attendees come from all over the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Australia.

KAAN offers national support and guidance, but the KAAN Conference belongs to the community where it is held. Through the process of hosting a conference, it is hoped that the local organizations will be strengthened and the local connections among adoptive families, adult adoptees, Koreans, and Korean Americans will be enhanced.

For eleven years KAAN has supported community development through its conferences: KAAN Conferences have been held in Los Angeles, California; Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Arlington, Virginia; San Francisco, California; Detroit, Michigan; Seoul, Korea; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; and Denver, Colorado. Next year's conference will be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

KAAN is entirely run by volunteers with no paid staff. All funds raised go to support the KAAN Conference.

Our Mission

KAAN's mission is to support networking and build understanding among Adoptees, Adoptive Families, Koreans And Korean Americans.

What is KAAN?

KAAN is the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network. Adoptees, Adoptive Parents and Korean Americans are involved in this organization, making it a most inclusive organization.

KAAN is a network which links individuals and organizations across the United States and Canada.